The Concorde was on Pier 86 and you're right: there is another one on display in DC. The WCBS-AM article said:
They're renovating both the Intrepid and her pier. The Concorde's hanging out until the renovations are done. Cool place for it, I think.

They tried pulling the Intrepid out of her berth on Nov 6th, 2006 but couldn't get her to budge.
(That makes her a stick-in-the-mud! *groan*)

They dredged and on 12/5/06, succeeded in towing her to Bayonne.
(I took a few good pictures from the school's campus.)


ETA: I just spoke to DBNY. She is very ill and regrets that she won't be coming tonight.

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Oh, no, I hope she will be all right soon! Please give her my best if you talk to her.

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August 22, back on the ice!

I'm still debating whether I should go or not - if you don't mind a coughing/nose-blowing body on the ice, and I don't get stuck forever in traffic, I might come.

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Jazzpants et al --
Have fun everyone! Don't forget the camera. We wanna see those Kodak moments of all the excitement.

~sk8pdx

It's very cool. I was in NYC 2 weekends ago and took the Circle Line Tour (having grown up in the area, I had never taken this boat ride, which my mom took way back in 1962). It passed by this pier, and it was neat to see it from the river's perspective.

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-Haha, I've *arrived*! I am listed as a reference on Wikipedia.

From tonight's meetup:


L-R: Isk8NYC, Jazzpants, HelenC, badaxel, Renetale

KPD - too much food, I think, but still very nice.

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Thanks for the picture (and the videos and the wonderful Christmas gift), ISk8NYC!!! And totally agreed! WAAAAAY too much food!!! HOLY COW!!! I have enough for TWO good size lunches from our leftovers!!! (What's this about New York and having HUGE portions!?!?! I thought California was bad enough... )

More tomorrow... gotta go crash now!!! (And yes, I think that's the Concorde behind us there!!! )

ETA: Get well soon, dbny!!! We missed 'ya tonight!

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

awesome pic guys... sorry couldnt make it today, I caught a cold
hopefully next time

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I wanted to get the picture up before I went to bed. Now I'm up in the middle of the night wrapping gifts without snoopy kids.

Recap: Jazzpants, HelenC, badaxel, Renetale and I had a great time tonight. Renetale missed the freestyle due to the 2hr drive but made it in time for a huge dinner at the Kings Plaza Diner. As you can see by the umbrellas, it rained. (Good thing we weren't at Warinanco or Pershing Field - those rinks get artic fogs when it rains!)

On the way in, one of the security guards told me "She looks fast even standing still, donchathink?" LOL They're "parking" the jet in the corner of the parking lot, to the right of the little red plane in front of the rink. (As you face the building)
*sings* "The only way to see New York is circle it on the Circle Line ... toot, toot!" "I looooooooove Neeeew Yooooooork" * goes away humming various NYC tourism jingles.*

Get well soon, DBNY, sk8pics, and TimDavid. You were missed and we only gossiped about you a little.

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Awww, i guess i'll miss it, but maybe i'll be in NYC for my anniversary (24th). I think it's supposed to be a surprise, but i've figured things out. I think it will be the 4th - 6th of January for me.

Isk8NYC: that picture came out way better than I expected with all that rain, night etc! Do you have it in higher resolution?

Jazzpants, HelenC, badaxel - it was nice to meet you!

I still think I've seen you somewhere before, Helen.

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You go to warinanco?

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The helicopter tour of Manhattan is pretty cool, too. (Except when it's rainy like today.)

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Awesome picture! I am jealous! And what's this about gossip? Wish I could have been there! Walking is so hard right now I can't even imagine skating!

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Ditto!

I spent Thurs night emptying my GI system from both ends (yuk!), after having a large meal. I didn't know if it was a bug or not until one of my girls mentioned that their friend had the same thing the night before and they had to drive her home at 4 AM. I had faint hopes of getting to Aviator to watch you all skate, but as I'm still feeling totally wrung out, even that was out of the question. Glad you had such a good time, and I know there will be other opportunities for us to get together.

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Oh, we had a nice gossip fest at KPD along with a LOT of food!

Don't worry! Nothing but well wishes for both you and dbny to hurry up and get well. And all of us were thankful for your friend that took you to the hospital!!!

Now that I'm awake and I'm just randomly putting bullet notes:
It was me, ISk8NYC, HelenC, and badaxel skating. I felt bad for renetele who had to endure the two hours drive only to have to miss the whole FS session. Happy to see ISk8NYC (and appreciated the spin tips too!) Happy to put more names and faces to the skatingforums' screen names. (renatele... (*looking up to her face*) yup! YOU are TALL alright!!! Yup, yup! Then again, I'm Asian! There's a lot of people who are taller than me in the US. )

dbny, sk8pics, TD: Hope you guys get well soon!

Decent ice at Aviator yesterday... I guess just not a type of ice I'm used to. It feels more like a much "finer grain" to me than what I usually skate to. Certainly MUCH better than at Jones Beach's holiday rink -- THAT'S for sure!!! The great part is... except for one lessons, where Ann Patrice McDonough was coaching a young lady skater on her axel and doubles, we pretty much had the rink to ourselves!!!

I did see Ryan Hunka coaching a student just as I was looking around for where the ticket booth was to pay my FS fee (which is why you're required to wear a wrist band... apparently you can sneak on to the FS if they're not careful and don't check for your wristband. )

And yup, despite my occasional slide into "ghetto speak", my DH is NOT black!!! Dbny has met him and can confirmed that DH is probably the least "ghetto" guy you're gonna meet!!! ("Whacha talkin' 'bout, Willis???" )

Okay, rainy today alright! Good day to stay in and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL!!! (Maybe I'll have the leftovers from KPD for lunch in a bit...)

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

I was a member of the Union County Skating Club when I first started competing and I try to skate at Warinanco a few times each season. That club is the only reason I EVER took Ice Dance tests. LOL Somehow, they managed to get me to pass a Dutch Waltz!

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You're killin' me here, Girlfriend! I was just curious because you seem to be quite adept at it! Glad you weren't offended...ROTFLMAO!!!

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I had a great time meeting these new skating friends!

While on line waiting to buy tickets, the women in front asked for freestyle, and I said I'm doing that too. She introduced herself and it was Jazzpants! We found out we had some skating connections, and we got to chat in Chinese too.

Badaxle is a misnomer- She has a beautiful axle! We were saying she has to change her name.

I met Isk8nyc briefly before, but I found out how funny and fun she is!

Renatel has a fascinating background. I kept feeling that I have seen you somewhere before too.

The sweet potato fries at this diner were delicious!

Hey! What are the chances that you would meet an adult skater who speaks Cantonese in America, huh???

Either to "Good axel" to "bad ### good axel!!!" LOL!!!

She's alot of fun off AND on the net!!!

I agree... both her and her hubby has a fascinating background! I'm certainly glad to have finally met Renatele, since I've always enjoyed reading her LiveJournals and watching her videos! Who would have know that she's also a computer techie geek like me and ISk8NYC too!!! (Okay, I don't really consider myself to be a computer geek. I just pretend to be one for a living!!! )

And my sweet potato fries leftovers are just 2/3's gone! Good GRIEF!!! ALL that leftovers!!! I also have huge amount leftovers from lunch that day. I had this Greek eggplant with stuffed meat dish with potatoes and I'm barely making a dent on that too!!! They're gonna have to roll me on a cart to get me back on the plane back to SF when I'm done here at NYC.

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Cheers,
jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

thanks guys, anybody skating tomorrow? im feeling much better

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I'm skating Tuesday morning at Chelsea Piers around the 9am session. But I doubt my mind will be on anything but Emanuele and the harness! (Nothing kinky, you naughty kids!!! I have a LESSON and he's working on my loop!!! )

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Cheers,
jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!